Functional analysis of the mouse Scn8a sodium channel

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 6093-6102

  Smith, Marianne R ^a   Smith, Raymond D ^a,c   Plummer, Nicholas W ^b,d   Meisler, Miriam H ^b   Goldin, Alan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cloning; Expression; Persistent current; Purkinje cells; Resurgent current; RT PCR; Sodium channel; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MOUSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032529354     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-16-06093.1998     Document Type: Article

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